# CVE-2026-102608: ZoneMinder command injection in downloadEvents

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-102608-zoneminder-is-a-free-open-source-closed-circuit-television  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-10-16. Updated: 2026-10-16  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-102608 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9 · Published 2026-10-16

ZoneMinder is a free video surveillance software that records and manages camera feeds. When a user creates or edits a camera with a specially crafted name containing shell commands, and another user later exports video events, arbitrary commands execute on the server with the privileges of the web server process, allowing complete system compromise.

Technologies: [Zoneminder](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/zoneminder). Vendors: [Zoneminder](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/zoneminder).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-102608 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-102608 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-102608?** Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9, published 16 October 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Zoneminder prior to 1.38.3.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-102608?** Yes: fixed in 1.38.3. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-102608 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-102608?** Check whether you run Zoneminder at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- Fixed in 1.38.3

## Technical details

The downloadEvents() function in ZoneMinder prior to 1.38.3 manually wraps monitor names in single quotes rather than using escapeshellarg() before passing them to shell commands (ffmpeg, tar, zip). A user with monitor-create or monitor-edit permission can store a monitor name containing shell metacharacters (including single quotes) that breaks out of the manual quoting. When a user with Events View permission exports that monitor's events, the injected commands execute as the web server user.

## Affected products

- ZoneMinder ZoneMinder prior to 1.38.3

## Timeline

- 2026-10-16: disclosed
- 2026-05-23: patched

## References

- [https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/2de2ae44a1d751bad4b020c5573b2d58c59c1525](https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/2de2ae44a1d751bad4b020c5573b2d58c59c1525)
- [https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/b3a7c05f079c87badf4b0ce052da0acfd4047a4b](https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/b3a7c05f079c87badf4b0ce052da0acfd4047a4b)

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